I'm shocked no one has posted this yet...



http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/h...-and-official/

# Windows Mobile 6.1
# VGA Screen
# Quad-band HSDPA 7.2
# One-touch navigation, including single-finger dialing
# An accelerometer that rotates pictures as you rotate the phone
# One-touch music playback with an animated music browser
# A heavily-animated weather forecast app
# Full-featured desktop-like web browser (Opera) with zoom-in tech that actually reformats to fit the screen upon zoom, although Microsoft promises IE 6 coming soon for it
# Youtube app and content playback
# Available in June in Europe via Orange and the "rest of the world" sometime later
# Orange music store, games, wallpapers, and ringtone downloads
# Orange mobile TV with up to 61 channels
# No normal headphone jack - gotta use HTC's proprietary USB dongle
# "Better battery life" than their other devices (although it uses a smaller battery than the Touch - we'll keep our eye on this) -- will offer a bigger battery at a later time for those who are experiencing battery life issues

 

very nice!

 

looks pretty sweet.

 

waiting for this one. I was actually going to replace my touch with the Instinct, but now that i have the Alltel Rom with Rev. A and GPS on my touch, i am happier than a pig in shit. I will wait it out and grab the diamond when released.

 

I totally missed this.... I've been so focused on the Samsung Instinct... maybe I am blowin it... LOL

 

I love this phone, but there are no set plans for a US release.

From what I read, the Raphael will be replacing the Sprint Touch/Mogul as the phone above is a quad band HSDPA phone.

I hope it comes to AT&T eventually - closest thing to being iPhoneish with Win Mo.

 

it's said to release in London next Tuesday.

http://gizmodo.com/386880/htc-diamon...ensity-display

 

Nope. I wish it too, but it's not in their road map.

 

^
You never know - at least it will be available on eBay once the US version is released.

 

it will probably be on ebay before that.

 

So was the touch. Then it was changed for Sprint, verizon and altell. Sprint needs a touch replacement, but they also need a mogul(6800) replacement as well. The Raphael is more a mogul replacement, while this is more suited as a touch replacement.

 

 

Right now it's only slotted to have 900 MHz, not 850, so if you live in a rural area, fuggedaboutit.

 

Incredible interface and windows mobile? I'm gonna have a nervous breakdown waiting for this thing.
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when is this out?

 

I stand corrected, AT&T testers are carrying it, doesn't mean much (case in point N95) but it's a start.

 

I'm gona check the stores here in AMS...

 

Good preview here... http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/a...hp?a=193&p=292

 

i'm liking this a lot more than the instinct.

 

Hmm, I might have to deal with my Blackjack until this is released - hopefully AT&T will turn it around by the summer time.

 

Did Sprint forget the Diamond was coming out or they even gonna carry it?

Kinda bad timing... bet the Diamond costs a grip....

 

not sure. the title says "replaces sprint mogul/touch" so i assumed sprint will carry it.

the cost is what worries me. even with the $150 upgrade, the diamond may cost a bit too much for me. that's why i keep leaning towards the instinct.

i've never had a smart phone/pda before.

can someone enlighten me with the benefits of windows mobile?

 

i have been rollin a palm treo for about 2 or so years...since it was pretty new... i still have the palm OS, so I really dont know the windows answer... seems like there are more programs that are windows based and u can connect with all of the windows based OS's that are home / business based... my friend has a mogul and he loves the all the windows based stuff...

 

cash flow is still the reason the instinct is still at the top of my list...

....also, i bet it pops off just like the touch...

 

damn, looks nice - hmm, get this and sell htc touch or get 3g iphone

 

waiting for the HTC raphael which is closer to the mogul cause it has a keyboard the slides out still. this is closer to the touch cause it doesnt have a physical keyboard.

 

Any pics of the Raphael? I just Googled it but couldn't find anything good...

 

^ The Raphael pics are crap everywhere on the net!
It looks like the diamond with a slider keyboard... crazy!

 

http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/ru...ond_and_r.html

....this link has alot of discussion (no good pics though) the link also has a buncha tech stuff I dont understand...(yet?)

 

Nice interface.

I wonder when MS will figure out that their Windows Mobile OS is running on PHONES? Not everyone wants to use a stylus to use their phone.

Right now they leave it up to 3rd party apps (like HTC and SPB) to make the interface user friendly.

I am using SPB Mobile Shell 2.0 and it is great! I would highly recommend it to anyone using Windows Mobile.

 

....any more news? teh new iphone is here soon as is the instinct... where's this put the diamond?

 

Dont count on the Diamond till at least between september -november. Last year around this time the Touch launched and dropped on sprint in november.

 

will this replace the Touch for verizon at the same time as well?

 

Thanks for that info... I am so tired of rockin my old butt treo 650... ... If I wait till november I might be a caveman by then

 

yeah, I wouldn't think they'd want to take any spot light away from the Instinct

 

Exactly. Although the instinct and diamond are two totally different animals altogether. One is a true pocket pc, and the other is a smart/entertainment phone made for the everyday user.

 

 

So does anyone have one yet? At least they are selling GSM versions. Personally, I had a blackberry 8800 with AT&T before my Mogul but my reception was so crappy, I had to switch to Sprint.

Link to store: http://www.networkingrus.com/HTC_Pho...FRYesgodVEznZw

 

here's the thing, I've been using pocket pc phones for the longest time, but really only for web browsing, I really don't need a "windows" type phone... I'm sick of the tiny Treo screen, I just hope I'll like the on sceen keyboard of the Instinct.... and I hope you can copy and paste, cuz I do a lot of that

 

i think the raphael one you're thinking of is the htc toucch pro. if you go on the website they have pictures. im waiting for this. verizon ftw!! http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=49518